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Artist and Educator Iris Eichenberg Wins the Coveted Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant

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Iris Eichenberg, photo: Erik Perry San Francisco, California, USA—Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to announce that the largest art jewelry cash award in the US, the Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant, has been awarded to Iris Eichenberg, known as an ambassador for her field and for her teaching, lectures, and workshops at renowned art

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Jewelry||Adjacent: Demetri Broxton’s Beaded Boxing Gloves

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Also in this series: Jewelry||Adjacent: Angela Hennessy Jewelry||Adjacent: Hollis Chitto Jewelry||Adjacent: Monica Canilao This is the first article in a series focused on artists whose work is adjacent to jewelry. For my purposes, jewelry-adjacent artists use material, techniques, or themes related to jewelry practices. The body is present in their work, not necessarily as the

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The March 2021 Report

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Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to share the news that members of our community find noteworthy. Is something missing? The success of this compilation of compelling events, exhibitions, and items of interest to the jewelry community depends on YOUR participation. If you’re a member of AJF, you can add news and ideas to the monthly

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On Offer

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Art Jewelry Forum’s extensive network of international gallery supporters is dedicated to celebrating and showing art jewelry. On Offer is a monthly series that allows AJF galleries to showcase a piece that they’ve personally selected to tempt and inspire you. Please contact the gallery directly for inquiries. Enjoy! MUSEUM WORTHY Andrea Wagner, Lodge On the

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Intaglio by Jewelry Artists

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Hybrid or multidisciplinary approaches to metalworking are inherent when considering the blend between technical and physical manifestations of wearable and functional metal art throughout history. In articles Melis Agabigum previously published on AJF,[1] she addressed the crossover between jewelry and installation art, jewelry and sculpture, and jewelry in dialogue with performance art. Therefore it was

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Thank You, Simone

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  “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity” has always been one of my favorite quotes. Lately it made me meditate on the topic of attention in the context of jewelry. I found out that the author of these words, the French philosopher, mystic, and activist Simone Weil (1909–1943), saw attention as a

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The Curse and the Gold

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Pre-Hispanic gold object, the Banco de la República Gold Museum, Bogotá, Colombia, photo: Ruudt Peters PAID PARTNER CONTENT Special note: Because of COVID-19, the deadline for applying to MASieraad has been extended to March 8, 2021. Apply here. What happens if three seasoned jewelry makers and one art historian join forces out of impatience with

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On Offer

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Art Jewelry Forum’s extensive network of international gallery supporters is dedicated to celebrating and showing art jewelry. On Offer is a monthly series that allows AJF galleries to showcase a piece that they’ve personally selected to tempt and inspire you. Please contact the gallery directly for inquiries. Enjoy! MUSEUM WORTHY Anton Cepka, Untitled, 1995, brooch,

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Sculptural Yet Wearable

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Ornament & Sculpture: New Works by Dorothea Prühl November 1, 2020–February 21, 2021 CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands Dorothea Prühl, Kragen (Collar), 2014, necklace, titanium, stainless steel, gold, individual elements 160 mm long, photo courtesy of CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands In December 2019, Dorothea Prühl was awarded the Art Prize of the Federal State

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